Service Details
Name:
 LARKINS
Given Name:
 LOCKHART HENRY
Initials:
 L H
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Tank Corps
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Unit:
 13th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-07-04
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Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. With the 8th Battalion, the 13th Battalion of the Tank Corps was part of the 5th Tank Brigade which was attached to the 4th Australian Division. The Battalion was heavily in action on the 4th July 1918 during the capture of Le Hamel. Three tanks were put out of action
Additional
Information:
Son of John Burton Larkins and Georgina Valiant Larkins; husband of M. H. Larkins, of "Abingdon," Kenilworth Rd., Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa. Born in England. Served as Lieut. in R.N.V.R. in the Aegean; also in South African Campaign with I.L.H.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XIX. D. 8.

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